"Jousting with the press secretary doesn't really get us that far to understanding things better, ' Isaacson said, adding that it made "total sense" to have more weekly presidential press conferences and background briefings that last hours instead of people trying to "joust on camera".

Later, a reporter asked about the "drastic shift" in the way briefings are handled as reporters piled on Spicer.

"This important subject", Spicer replied as he began walking quickly down the street and toward the White House - as a gang of reporters followed behind. This past week, he gave interviews to Ainsley Earhardt and Pete Hegseth of "Fox & Friends", a talk show so friendly to the president that CNN media reporter Brian Stelter described it as a Trump "infomercial".

The Bush administration's Ari Fleisher joined former Clinton spokesman, Mike McCurry, in calling for and end to live television coverage of White House press briefings. Acosta tried to interrupt again, with Spicer attempting to move on. Televised briefings had been a near-daily occurrence for decades.

Some news outlets have considered defying orders or boycotting, but reporter April Ryan cautioned that there could be serious repercussions, potentially giving the White House exactly what it wants: less media to hold it accountable.

But in recent weeks, he has suggested he may do away with them altogether.

Acosta had to tweet a final fuck you after the briefing wrapped up. "But O'Keefe's brand of journalism has repeatedly been called into question - both for his methods and the way his videos are edited".

The White House's intent is clear - to control the narrative closely, knowing there is absolutely no loss for the administration in its strong-arming.

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As per former Chief Minister of J&K, Omar Abdullah's tweet ( @abdullah_omar ) this is first-of-its-kind accident in the valley. He said the chief minister also directed a high level inquiry to find the causes or lapses, if any, that led to the accident.

But he also showed touch too in flipping leg-spinner Imran Tahir over short fine leg for a four that saw him to fifty. Morris was the most successful bowler with two wickets, while Phehlukwayo and Dane Paterson claimed one wicket each.

After Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump last November, a significant crop of Democratic lawmakers attempted to vote her out. She dismissed the members who have said it is time for a change as "blatantly self-serving" and "having fun on TV".

The government will work with local authorities to make sure any unsafe material is removed and residents are safe, she said . Specifics on where the buildings were located were not given, but officials said they were in 15 council areas.

It is expected that by doing away with the plethora of taxes and barriers on state borders, GST will accelerate economic growth. He said that the GST may be a destination tax but for India it will begin altogether a new journey.

Not all observers agree though and plenty are sticking with the view that a further Fed rate hike is inevitable later this year. Some gains are expected on Wall Street later, with the futures for both the Dow and S&P 500 up 0.1 percent.

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